Kyrsten Sinema's David Lujan Weasels In To Open LD 15 Seat

This morning, over the complaints of some Democrats and Latinos, former House Democratic Minority Leader David Lujan was appointed unanimously to fill the open state Senate seat in Legislative District 15 by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

The LD 15 spot opened up when Kyrsten Sinema stepped down to run for U.S. Congress in the newly created Ninth Congressional District. Sinema had backed Lujan's bid over the others who'd made the cut, former LD 15 House member Ken Clark, and Sharon Thomas.

Clark told me that Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox called him this morning to tell him she would be voting for Lujan.

As the only Dem on the BOS, and since LD 15 is partially in her district, Wilcox had a more than average say over who would get in.